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Ballot processing continues as certification approaches
EPHRATA — Election officials in Grant and Adams counties are nearing the finish line of the 2026 general election,…
De Croo sworn in as Belgian premier, rushes to EU summit
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium's new 7-party government under Prime Minister Alexander De Croo promised Thursday to do “whatever it takes" to overcome the coronavirus crisis, including spending enough to ensure the countr…
GOP still fighting ranked voting after ballots cast in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — With the first votes already cast, the Maine Republican Party made a last-ditch request Thursday for the state Supreme Court to stop ranked choice voting in the presidential race -- a tense l…
What's in a name? Maybe a seat on a Detroit-area court
DETROIT (AP) — A man seeking to become a judge could get a boost on Election Day after changing his last name to one that has long been associated with Detroit-area courts.
Whitmer revises rules on nursing homes with virus patients
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer revised rules related to the care of Michigan nursing home residents with the coronavirus, saying they should be sent to facilities with solid federal staffing ratings.
Madrid to obey new virus rules while fighting them in court
MADRID (AP) — Madrid and its suburbs prepared Thursday to enter a soft lockdown that restricts trips in and out of the Spanish capital following a weeks-long political turf war that experts say has prevented an eff…
Californians to vote on racial, gender preference programs
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California with vastly different political preferences and demographics is voting on whether to allow affirmative action in public hiring, contracting and college admissions — nearly a quarte…
White House ups bid in last-ditch COVID talks with Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is backing a $400 per week pandemic jobless benefit and is dangling the possibility of a COVID-19 relief bill of $1.6 trillion as last-ditch, pre-election negotiations hit a critic…
GOP asks full appeals court to hear Wisconsin absentee case
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans want the full 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear their appeal of a ruling by a three-judge panel of the court that allowed absentee ballots to be counted for six da…
Turkish govt accused of hiding true extent of virus outbreak
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s government is being accused of hiding the true extent of the country's coronavirus outbreak after the health minister revealed that the daily COVID-19 figures published by his ministr…
Greece: Violence at school rally, concern over nursing home
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police used tear gas Thursday to disperse violently protesting state high school students who have organized scores of school strikes in response to classroom overcrowding during the cor…
Election 2020 Today: Voters cringe after debate, race issue
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Pompeo meets with Vatican after US-China tensions spill over
ROME (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Thursday at the Vatican to meet with top Holy See officials, a day after tensions over American opposition to the Vatican’s China policy spilled out in public.
Former President Jimmy Carter celebrates 96th birthday
ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter marks his 96th birthday Thursday, the latest milestone for the longest-lived of the 44 men to hold the highest American office.
Belarus activist shares ‘Alternative Nobel’ with 3 others
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A prominent Belarus opposition figure and an imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer on Thursday were awarded the Right Livelihood Award, sometimes referred to as the “Alternative Nobel,” together w…
Russia's Navalny accuses Putin of being behind his poisoning
BERLIN (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is recovering in Germany after being poisoned in Russia, said in comments published Thursday that only Russian President Vladimir Putin could have been be…